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'Ay, if she has not spoilt it all by this time, as that creature is doing with your hair! You little monkey, what have you to say to me? 'Only to wish you good night. Come, baby, we must go to Anne. Good night, Uncle Charles. Just as Amabel had borne off her little girl, Mrs. Edmonstone and Charlotte came in, after conducting Mrs. Henley to her room.
Edmonstone; 'I am glad you and your uncle are going to him. 'Tell us about him, said Laura. 'He was the most incongruous thing there, said Philip.
'Yes, said his mother, looking sadly at him. 'Your high spirits are a blessing; but why misuse them? If they are given to support you through pain and confinement, why make mischief with them? Charles looked more impatient than abashed, and the compunction seemed chiefly to rest with Amabel. 'Now, said Mrs. Edmonstone, 'I must go and see after my poor little prisoner.
Edmonstone so excited, that Philip thought it best to accept the offer of tea being sent them in the dining-room, and it was not till nearly midnight that their conference broke up, when Mr. Edmonstone found his wife sitting up by the dressing-room fire, having shut Charles's door, sorely against his will. 'There, began Mr.
Edmonstone was alarmed and perplexed beyond measure; this half confession had so overthrown all her ideas that she was ready to apprehend everything most improbable, and almost expected to hear of a private marriage.
Edmonstone; 'that old-school deference and attention is very chivalrous, and sits prettily and quaintly on his high spirits and animation; I hope it will not wear off. 'A vain hope, said Charles. 'At present he is like that German myth, Kaspar Hauser, who lived till twenty in a cellar. It is lucky for mamma that, in his green state, he is courtly instead of bearish.
Mrs Edmonstone held out her hand and said frankly, "I am indeed glad to have an opportunity of thanking you for saving my cousin's life, and affording him the advantage of your friendship; your name, and, I may say, your many gallant deeds, have long been familiar to me: all his family are grateful to you."
And after all, he is such a great, strong fellow, that I am afraid he did not mind it; so next time I crutched myself down alone, and I hope that did provoke him. 'Sir Guy is so kind that I am ashamed, said Mrs. Edmonstone. 'It seems as if we had brought him for the sole purpose of waiting on Charles. 'Half his heart is in his horse, said Charles.
He did not say anything till they were seated in the carriage, and then astonished Mrs. Edmonstone by exclaiming 'It must be my uncle! I am sure it must. I'll ride to Broadstone the first thing to-morrow, and find him out. 'Your uncle! exclaimed Mrs. Edmonstone. 'I never thought of that. S. B. Dixon, said Guy. 'I know his name is Sebastian. It cannot be any one else.
Edmonstone should set off for Recoara. Laura heard, in consternation at the thought of her father's meeting Philip, still weak and unwell, without her, and perhaps with Guy too ill to be consulted. And oh! what would Philip think of her? Her weakness had disclosed his secret, and sunk her beneath him, and he must hear it from others.
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